New national team boss Levein last week announced he intended to compile a comprehensive list of those eligible to play for Scotland either through established bloodline or the recent five-year school rule.

The move will be opposed by those who feel only Scottish-born players should be picked by Levein.

But the former Dundee United manager insists he needs to exploit FIFA's eligibility criteria to have the best possible chance of leading Scotland to Euro 2012.

"I look around at all the other countries in the world and feel that everybody uses the rules to the best of their advantage," he said.

"If we do manage to find a player or two who wasn't previously known and he went on to score a goal that got us to the Euros then I think there'll be a lot of people who would think it was project that was well worthwhile."

Levein was unwilling to confirm if he had already identified such players, saying more would be revealed next week.

He added: "I'm working on a lot of things."

Hearts winger Andrew Driver, who has represented England Under-21s, would fall into such a category.

Levein has already revealed he would be willing to consider James McCarthy for selection, despite the Scottish-born Wigan winger having played for of the Republic of Ireland.

Someone Levein did manage to get on board this week was his lieutenant at Tannadice, Peter Houston.

Houston was yesterday formally appointed Levein's successor on Tayside, in addition to being given permission to assist his long-time boss for the 45-year-old's first match in charge of Scotland against Czech Republic.

"I'm very pleased," Levein said.

"We've worked together since the year 2000 and I would love to have brought him here in a full-time capacity but there just isn't a job.

"I'm very much looking forward to meeting up with him again and working with him in March."

He added: "He'll just be doing what he always did: looking after me and making me look good!"

Levein marked a month in charge of his country today by making the draw for the fifth round of the Emirates Junior Cup.

He said: "I'm absolutely thrilled to be the Scotland manager and I'm working very, very hard, first and foremost to try to make sure that we get a decent result against the Czech Republic and try to get everybody available if we can.

"We've got the (Euro 2012) draw next week as well."

Before accepting the job, Levein expressed fears over a possible boredom factor from not having a day-to-day involvement on the coaching field.

"I got that one wrong, eh?" he said this afternoon.

"I've taken over with the draw coming up and also I feel that I need to get round and try to speak to as many people as possible, managers and players - and then there's a game.

"After the game on March 3, I hope things will settle down a bit."

He added: "I'm very positive about this job.

"I'm enthusiastic and I feel that a lot of people have written Scotland off and feel that we aren't a threat on an international stage and I just want to prove everybody wrong."